Bell Media to cut 120 positions from its Toronto television operations

June 23, 2014 2:44 pm

This morning, Kevin Crull, president of Bell Media, informed the Federal Minister of Labour of his company’s intentions to cut 120 staff in Toronto.
In an internal memo obtained by the Citizen, Crull said this represents a “reduction of approximately 5% of our Toronto area workforce and 1.8% of the national team.”

The memo continues, saying that the decision to cut staff “in certain operations” was made as Bell continues to “face financial pressure related to advertising and subscription challenges across our TV services.”

The specific positions and the exact number have yet to be identified, the memo says.

Today, it was reported that CTV’s “Kevin Newman Live” had been cancelled after only being on air for seven months. (CTV is a division of Bell Media).

Crull concludes the memo by saying, “We will work as quickly as possible to ensure minimum disruption, and hope to resolve the situation by the end of the summer. Such decisions are never easy, and I thank you in advance for your patience.”

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